"Tomorrow's Alliance" under "STAR WARS" Arrest on a performance break supporting the "American Cancer Society Relay for Life" event in 2011! A "Star Wars Storm Trooper" guards JIMMY until the Next "TA" Set.

"Tomorrow's Alliance"

JANUARY 2018 Issue 1 / Volume 4 - 18

"Tomorow's Alliance" celebrates a New Year by reflecting back to our start in 2005. So we will be adding "TA" pictures from years past. In this months issue we have added the history of MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. and his Great legacy. GoodTimesRadio-TV added 2017 pictures of The CHICAGO AUTO SHOW coverage. A decade ago we had our first "TA"appreciation party. We added a list of the four U.S. Presidents born in January. A segment of Tax Tips by Arthur Liceaga with H&R Block. Millennials believe in GLOBALISM - Pro Trade and is the reason for the success of our Terrific Gross Domestic Product. We will be investigating this further in 2018. GOODTIMESRADIO-TV will be visiting Drury Lane Theatre this month to review their next production.Planning really counts in life and this year we have implemented the "TOMORROW'S ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL" to identify and assist with problems in our neighborhoods, towns, cities. We will be inviting performers, terrific people and concerned companies and businesses to be involved with this "TA" project. Chicago 16' Softball will be explored every month. Finally "TA" has added our Constitution with all 27 Amendments. So HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 Fans! Looking forward to a productive year and wishing you and your family a Terrific Year in 2018. James Arthur Liceaga Jr. Editor

"TA"Economic Overview

What is 'Gross Domestic Product - GDP'

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. Though GDP is usually calculated on an annual basis, it can be calculated on a quarterly basis as well (in the United States, for example, the government releases an annualized GDP estimate for each quarter and also for an entire year).

GDP includes all private and public consumption, government outlays, investments, private inventories, paid-in construction costs and the foreign balance of trade (exports are added, imports are subtracted). Put simply, GDP is a broad measurement of a nation's overall economic activity – the godfather of the indicator world.

'Gross Domestic Product - GDP'

The Significance of GDP

GDP is commonly used as an indicator of the economic health of a country, as well as a gauge of a country's standard of living. Since the mode of measuring GDP is uniform from country to country, GDP can be used to compare the productivity of various countries with a high degree of accuracy. Adjusting for inflation from year to year allows for the seamless comparison of current GDP measurements with measurements from previous years or quarters. In this way, a nation’s GDP from any period can be measured as a percentage relative to previous periods. An important statistic that indicates whether an economy is expanding or contracting, GDP can be tracked over long spans of time and used in measuring a nation’s economic growth or decline, as well as in determining if an economy is in recesion (generally defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth).

GDP’s popularity as an economic indicator in part stems from its measuring of value added through economic processes. For example, when a ship is built, GDP does not reflect the total value of the completed ship, but rather the difference in values of the completed ship and of the materials used in its construction. Measuring total value instead of value added would greatly reduce GDP’s functionality as an indicator of progress or decline, specifically within individual industries and sectors. Proponents of the use of GDP as an economic measure tout its ability to be broken down in this way and thereby serve as an indicator of the failure or success of economic policy as well.

Providing a quantitative figure for GDP helps a government make decisions such as whether to stimulate a stagnant economy by pumping money into it or, conversely, to slow down an economy that's getting over-heated.

Businesses can also use GDP as a guide to decide how best to expand or contract their production and other business activities. And investors also watch GDP since it provides a framework for investment decision-making. The "corporate profits" and "inventory" data in the GDP report are a great resource for equity investors, as both categories show total growth during the period; corporate profits data also displays pre-tax profits, operating cash flows and breakdowns for all major sectors of the economy.

How to Determine GDP

There are three primary methods by which GDP can be determined. All, when correctly calculated, should yield the same figure. These three approaches are often termed the expenditure approach, the output (or production) approach and the income approach.

GDP Based on Spending

The expenditure approach or spending approach, which is the most common method, calculates the monies spent by the different groups that participate in the economy. For instance, consumers spend money to buy various goods and services and businesses spend money as they invest in their business activities (buying machinery, for instance). And governments also spend money. All these activities contribute to the GDP of a country. In addition, some of the goods and services that an economy makes are exported overseas, their net exports. And some of the products and services that are consumed within the country are imports from overseas. The GDP calculation also accounts for spending on exports and imports.

Read more about GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

in the February 2018"TAMagazine" Issue

Arthur Liceaga, editor

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Five Clues of Fraud – What to Look For On Your Credit Report

October 25, 2017 : Allie Freeland

We all know a solid credit score is extremely beneficial for borrowing money, but did you know the items in your credit report are a huge indicator that your identity may have been stolen?

Over 430 million people have been impacted by data breaches in the past five years. That’s more than the entire U.S. adult population, though not every American has been effected. It has potentially debilitating effects, like financial loss, as hackers attempt to use the identities of unsuspecting victims. Over half of these breaches contained information that can be used to file a tax return in your name.

Tax-related identity theft is a big-money crime. In 2016, the IRS identified over 1 Million instances where fraudsters attempted to claim over 8 Billion in tax refunds.

So, how can monitoring your credit report help you spot a potential threat to your identity? Here are the top 5 things to look for when starting a credit report review.

1. An unexpected Line of Credit

If you see a line of credit that you did not open or for which you did not apply, this is a good indicator that your identity may have been stolen.

2. Your Personal Contact Information is Wrong

Take a hard look at the name, phone number, and addresses listed on your credit report.

While you might initially suspect it’s a typo, don’t be fooled. It could mean that an imposter hacked into your accounts. Fraudsters who do this attempt to open new lines of credit in your name, and divert any paper trace of it to their own address.

TAXES can be Complicated. Contact ARTHUR LICEAGA to Navigate through the Federal and State Tax Code to Complete your Tax Return this Tax Season. CALL Arthur at (630) 217 - 5764.

3. Your Account is Past Due

If you get a notice that one of your accounts is late or in collections –and you think it should be current, you might have a problem.

4. Unexpected Hard Inquiries

If you receive a hard inquiry from a creditor, it may signal that someone is using your identity to borrow money under your name. What is a Hard Inquiry? Hard inquiries are questions sent from potential creditors who review your credit history. They are triggered anytime a person needs to tap into a line of credit — like buying a car or home, or opening a new credit card.

5. Your Social Security Number is Inaccurate

Take a glance at your Social Security number. Are all the numbers listed correctly? If all but a few numbers listed are correct, this is an emerging and very dangerous form of identity theft called synthetic identity theft. This happens when a scammer creates a completely new identity using a Social Security number from one person and a fake or stolen name.

The “shadow identity” name itself likely won’t appear on your credit report, but people who have been victims of synthetic identity theft have reported seeing an erroneous Social Security number on their report.

Credit Report Review: Next Steps

With the continued increase in reported data breaches, it is important to periodically check your credit score and credit report for signs of fraudulent activity.

If you come across something that looks suspicious, it is recommended that you promptly take the following actions:

Tax Identity Shield® Members should call the Tax Identity Shield® hotline to get assistance applying for IRS protections. If a fraudster already has your information, they could use it to file a tax return in your name.

Contact credit card companies or financial institutions to place a security freeze on your account to halt any further fraudulent activity. They should then re-issue you a new card or account.

File a police report with your local law enforcement.

File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). To do this, call the FTC hotline at 877-438-4338.

If any item needs to be disputed, connect with a credit reporting agency.

ALWAYS STAY ON TOP OF YOUR CREDIT. IF YOU DON'T YOUR FICO SCORE MAY BECOME LOWER THAN YOU WANT. Arthur Liceaga 630-217 - 5764

20th Century 1950's - 1960's CIVIL RIGHTS Leader the One and Only Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day(officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.) is an American Federal Holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.

History

Sign from 1969 promoting a holiday to honor the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday was promoted by labor unions in contract negotiations. After King's death, U.S. Representative John Conyers (a Democrat from Michigan) and U.S. Senator Edward Brooke (a Republican from Massachusetts) introduced a bill in Congress to make King's birthday a national holiday. The bill first came to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1979. However, it fell five votes short of the number needed for passage. Two of the main arguments mentioned by opponents were that a paid holiday for federal employees would be too expensive, and that a holiday to honor a private citizen would be contrary to longstanding tradition (King had never held public office). Only two other figures have national holidays in the U.S. honoring them: George Washington and Christopher Columbus.

Soon after, the King Center turned to support from the corporate community and the general public. The success of this strategy was cemented when musician Stevie Wonder released the single "Happy Birthday" to popularize the campaign in 1980 and hosted the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. Six million signatures were collected for a petition to Congress to pass the law, termed by a 2006 article in The Nation as "the largest petition in favor of an issue in U.S. history."

40th President Ronald Reagan and Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day signing ceremony.

Senators Jesse Helms and John Porter East (both North Carolina Republicans) led opposition to the holiday and questioned whether King was important enough to receive such an honor. Helms criticized King's opposition to the Vietnam War and accused him of espousing "action-oriented Marxism". Helms led a filibuster against the bill and on October 3, 1983, submitted a 300-page document to the Senate alleging that King had associations with communists. New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan declared the document a "packet of filth", threw it on the Senate floor and stomped on it.

President Ronald Reagan originally opposed the holiday, citing cost concerns. When asked to comment on Helms' accusations that King was a communist, the president said "We'll know in thirty-five years, won't we?", in reference to the eventual release of FBI surveillance tapes that had previously been sealed. But on November 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana, to create a federal holiday honoring King. The bill had passed the House of Representatives by a count of 338 to 90, a veto-proof margin. The holiday was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986.

The bill also established the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission to oversee observance of the holiday, and Coretta Scott King, King's wife, was made a member of this commission for life by President George H.W. Bush in May 1989.

State-level passage

Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991, when the New Hampshire legislature created "Civil Rights Day" and abolished "Feast Day". In 2000, Utah became the last state to have a holiday named after King when "Human Rights Day" was officially changed to "Martin Luther King Jr. Day."

In 1986, Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt, a Democrat, created a paid state MLK holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office, but in 1987, his Republican successor Evan Mecham, citing an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, reversed Babbitt's decision days after taking office. Later that year, Mecham proclaimed the third Sunday in January to be "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, albeit as an unpaid holiday. In 1990, Arizona voters were given the opportunity to vote on giving state employees a paid MLK holiday. That same year, the National Football League threatened to move Super Bowl XXVII, which was planned for Arizona in 1993, if the MLK holiday was voted down. In the November election, the voters were offered two King Day options: Proposition 301, which replaced Columbus Day on the list of paid state holidays, and Proposition 302, which merged Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays into one paid holiday to make room for MLK Day. Both measures failed to pass, with only 49% of voters approving Prop 302, the more popular of the two options; although some who voted "no" on 302 voted "yes" on Prop 301. Consequently, the state lost the chance to host Super Bowl XXVII, which was subsequently held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena California. In a 1992 referendum, the voters, this time given only one option for a paid King Day, approved state-level recognition of the holiday.

On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges signed a bill to make King's birthday an official state holiday. South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees. Prior to this, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or one of three Confederate holidays.

Alternative names

While all states now observe the holiday, some did not name the day after King. For example, in New Hampshire, the holiday was known as "Civil Rights Day" until 1999, when the State Legislature voted to change the name of the holiday to Martin Luther King Day.

Several additional states have chosen to combine commemorations of King's birthday with other observances:

In Alabama: "Robert E. Lee/Martin Luther King Birthday".

In Arizona: "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day".

In Idaho: "Martin Luther King Jr. - "Idaho Human Rights Day".

In Mississippi: "Martin Luther King's and Robert E. Lee's Birthdays".

In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day".

In Virginia: it was known as Lee-Jackson-King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee-Jackson Day. In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own right.

In Arkansas: it was known as "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday and Robert E. Lee's Birthday" from 1985 to 2017. Legislation in March 2017 changed the name of the state holiday to "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday" and moved the commemoration of Lee to October.

Workplace observance

Overall, in 2007, 33% of employers gave employees the day off, a 2% increase over the previous year. There was little difference in observance by large and small employers: 33% for firms with over 1,000 employees; and, 32% for firms with under 1,000 employees. The observance is most popular among nonprofit organizations and least popular among factories and manufacturers. The reasons for this have varied, ranging from the recent addition of the holiday, to its occurrence just two weeks after the week between Christmas and New Year's Day, when many businesses are closed for part or sometimes all of the week. Additionally, many schools and places of higher education are closed for classes; others remain open but may hold seminars or celebrations of King's message. Some factories and manufacturers used MLK Day as a floating or movable holiday.

King Day of Service

In honor of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, President Barack Hussein Obama serves lunch in the dining room at So Others Might Eat, a soup kitchen in Washington, January 18, 2010.

A Martin Luther King Day march in Oregon

The national Martin Luther King Day of Service was started by former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who co-authored the King Holiday and Service Act. The federal legislation challenges Americans to transform the King Holiday into a day of citizen action volunteer service in honor of King. The federal legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 23, 1994. Since 1996, Wofford's former state office director, Todd Bernstein, has been directing the annual Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service, the largest event in the nation honoring King.

Several other universities and organizations around the U.S., such as Arizona State University, Greater DC Cares and City Year, participate in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. In honor of MLK, hundreds of Volunteer Centers, and volunteers across the country donate their time to make a difference on this day.

The only other official national day of service in the USA, as designated by the government, is September 11 National Day of Service (9/11 Day).

Outside the United States

One place outside the U.S. where Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed with equal importance is in the Japanese city of Hiroshima under mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who holds a special banquet at the mayor's office as an act of unifying his city's call for peace with King's message of human rights.

The City of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada, is another city that has officially recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day, although not as a paid holiday: all government services and businesses remain open.

In 1984, during a visit by the U.S. Sixth Fleet, Navy Chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff conducted the first Israeli presidential ceremony in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, held in the President's Residence, Jerusalem. Aura Herzog, wife of Israel's then-President Chaim Herzog, noted that she was especially proud to host this special event, because Israel had a national forest in honor of King, and that Israel and King shared the idea of "dreams". Resnicoff continued this theme in his remarks during the ceremony, quoting the verse from Genesis, spoken by the brothers of Joseph when they saw their brother approach, "Behold the dreamer comes; let us slay him and throw him into the pit, and see what becomes of his dreams." Resnicoff noted that, from time immemorial, there have been those who thought they could kill the dream by slaying the dreamer, but – as the example of King's life shows – such people are always wrong.

Every year, since 1986, the Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute and Dinner is held in Wassenaar, The Netherlands. The Tribute includes young people and veterans of the Civil Rights Movement as well as music. it always ends with everyone holding hands in a circle and singing "We Shall Overcome." The Tribute is held on the last Sunday in January and bridges Dr. King's birthday and Black History Month. James Arthur Liceaga Jr. Editor / Note: Information Above from Wikipedia.

"TA" Auto Mile

The CHICAGO AUTO SHOW Starts in FEBRUARY 10th to the 19th 2018!

Below are GTR-TV Pictures from 2017 CHICAGO AUTO Show!

Arthur with GOODTIMESRADIO-TV on Assignment at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show.

Arthur can't wait to interview the Auto Reps and Manufacturers with interesting stories and Showing Off the Great Automobiles that make up the American Auto Industry in 2017.

ARTHUR with CHEVY Rep @ the CHEVY VOLT featured Vehicle on the Main Floor Entrance of the 2017 Chicago Auto Show during Media Days.

Arthur Loves the Concept and Technology Garage at The 2017 Chicago Auto Show.

GTR-TV visits the "ALL STATE INSURANCE" true ROADHOUSE Vehicle.

GTR-TV attends Press Conference at the TOYOTA Exhibit.

ARTHUR with his MEDIA PASS to CHICAGO'S MEDIA PARTIES AROUND The WINDY CITY.

Arthur completes another Year at the 2017 Media Days at The Chicago Auto Show.

In 2018 Look for

"TOMORROW'S"

ALLIANCE

The MA-ma Music Series

A New Music Series

a Y Yes You Can Publishing Entertainment initiative

"Tomorrow's Alliance" Celebrating their WIN at the State of Illinois Teenage Battle of The BANDS 2012 in Springfield, Illinois

"TOMORROW'S ALLIANCE"

Community Rocks Project

SHOUT OUTS!

Thank You Artists and Performers

for a Terrific 2017!

Jimmy & Arthur

"Tomorrow's Alliance" presents U.S. PRESIDENTS Born in January.

The President of the United States (abbreviated as POTUS is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The President directs the Executive Branch of the federal government and is the Commander-In-Chief of the United States Armed Forces. In contemporary times, the president is looked upon as the world's most powerful political figure and as the leader of the only current global superpower. The role includes responsibility for the world's most expensive military that has the second largest nuclear arsenal. The president also leads the nation with the largest economy by nominal Gross Domestic Product. The President possesses significant domestic and international hard and soft power. Article II of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch of the federal government. It vests the Executive Power of the United States in the President. The power includes the execution and enforcement of federal law, alongside the responsibility of appointing federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory and judicial officers, and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President is further empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves, and to convene and adjourn either or both houses of Congress under extraordinary circumstances. The President is largely responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of the party to which the President is a member. The President also directs the foreign and domestic policies of the United States. In addition, as part of the system of checks and balances, Article One of the United States Constitution gives the President the power to sign or veto federal legislation. Since the office of President was established in 1789, its power has grown substantially, as has the power of the federal government as a whole.

13th U.S. President Millard Fillmore. BORN on JANUARY 7th, 1800. Becomes President on July 9th, 1850 at 50 years of age. (Died March 8, 1874). President of the United States from 1850–1853. The last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former U.S. Representative from New York, Fillmore was elected the nation's 12th Vice President in 1848, and was elevated to the presidency by the death of Zachary Taylor. He was instrumental in getting the Compromise of 1850 passed, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over slavery. He failed to win the Whig nomination for president in 1852; he gained the endorsement of the nativist Know Nothing Party four years later, and finished third in that election.

25th U.S. President William McKinley. BORN on January 29th, 1843. Becomes President on March 4th, 1897 at age 54 years old. Died by assassination in September 9th, 1901, six months into his second term. McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War, raised protective tariffs to promote American industry, and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals. McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier, beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major.

32nd U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Major initiative was to bring reliefe to the U.S. population. BORN on January 30th, 1882. Becomes President on March 4th, 1933 at age 51years old. Died on April 12, 1945 during WORLD WAR II. Known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader, A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and emerged as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. Roosevelt directed the United States government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, realigning American politics into the Fifth Party System and defining American liberalism throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II. He is often rated by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. Presidents, along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

37th U.S. President Richard Nixon. A major NIXON initiative was to Give 18 Year olds the Right to Vote. BORN on January 9th, 1913 Becomes President on January 20th, 1969 at age 56 years old. Nixon ended American involvement in the war in Vietnam in 1973 and brought the American POWs home, and ended the military draft. Nixon's visit to China in 1972 eventually led to diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated détente and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union the same year. His administration generally transferred power from Washington D.C. to the states. He imposed wage and price controls for ninety days, enforced desegregation of Southern schools and established the Environmental Protection Agency. Nixon also presided over the Apollo 11 moon landing, which signaled the end of the moon race. He was reelected in one of the largest electoral landslides in U.S. history in 1972 when he defeated George McGovern. In his second term, Nixon ordered an airlift to resupply Israeli losses in the Yom Kippur War, resulting in the restart of the Middle East peace process and an oil crisis at home. The Nixon administration supported a coup in Chile that ousted the government of Salvador Allende and propelled Augusto Pinochet to power. By late 1973, the Watergate scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. After his resignation, he was issued a pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. In 20 years of retirement, Nixon wrote nine books and undertook many foreign trips, helping to rehabilitate his image into that of elder statesman. He suffered a debilitating stroke on April 18, 1994 and died four days later at the age of 81.

"TA" American History

Articles of Confederation

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was the first constitution of the United States. It was drafted by the Second Continental Congress from mid-1776 through late-1777, and ratification by all 13 states was completed by early 1781.

U.S. CONSTITUTION

( Amendments I - XXVII )

Amendment I

FREEDOM OF RELIGION, SPEECH, PRESS, ASSEMBLY, AND PETITION

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

QUARTERING OF SOLDIERS

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI RIGHT TO SPEEDY TRIAL BY JURY, WITNESSES, COUNSEL

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Amendment VII JURY TRIAL IN CIVIL LAWSUITS

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII EXCESSIVE FINES, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. The first 10 amendments form the Bill of Rights

Amendment XIII ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

SECTION 2

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XV RIGHT TO VOTE NOT DENIED BY RACE

Passed by Congress February 26, 1869. Ratified February 3, 1870

SECTION 1

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XVII POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

Amendment XI SUITS AGAINST STATES

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868. The 14th Amendment changed a portion of Article I, Section 2. A portion of the 14th Amendment was changed by the 26th Amendment

SECTION 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

SECTION 2

Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.

SECTION 3

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

SECTION 4

The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.

SECTION 5

The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Amendment XII ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

Passed by Congress December 9, 1803. Ratified June 15, 1804. The 12th Amendment changed a portion of Article II, Section 1. A portion of the 12th Amendment was changed by the 20th Amendment

The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; -- The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. -- The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Amendment XVIII PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR

Passed by Congress December 18, 1917. Ratified January 16, 1919. Repealed by the 21st Amendment, December 5, 1933

SECTION 1

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

SECTION 2

The Congress and the several States have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropiate legislation.

SECTION 3

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XIX WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919. Ratified August 18, 1920

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXII TWO-TERM LIMIT ON PRESIDENCY

Passed by Congress March 21, 1947. Ratified February 27, 1951

SECTION 1

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

SECTION 2

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XXIV ABOLITION OF POLL TAXES

Passed by Congress August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964

SECTION 1

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XX PRESIDENTIAL TERM AND SUCCESSION, ASSEMBLY OF CONGRESS

Passed by Congress March 2, 1932. Ratified January 23, 1933. The 20th Amendment changed a portion of Article I, Section 4, and a portion of the 12th Amendment

SECTION 1

The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

SECTION 3

If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

SECTION 4

The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

SECTION 5

Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

SECTION 6

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

Amendment XXI REPEAL OF PROHIBITION

The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2

The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

SECTION 3

This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

Amendment XXIII PRESIDENTIAL VOTE FOR D.C.

Passed by Congress June 16, 1960. Ratified March 29, 1961

SECTION 1

The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXV PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY AND SUCCESSION

In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

SECTION 2

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

SECTION 3

Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

SECTION 4

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Amendment XXVI RIGHT TO VOTE AT AGE 18

Passed by Congress March 23, 1971. Ratified July 1, 1971. The 26th Amendment changed a portion of the 14th Amendment

SECTION 1

The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.

SECTION 2

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Amendment XXVII CONGRESSIONAL COMPENSATION

Originally proposed September 25, 1789. Ratified May 7, 1992

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened.

"TA" Movie Corner

George Lucas

AMERICAN DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, AND SCREENWRITER

WRITTEN BY: Michael Barsen / LAST UPDATED: 10-27-2017

George Lucas, in full George Walton Lucas, Jr., (born May 14, 1944, Modesto, California, U.S.), American motion-picture director, producer, and screenwriter who created several of the most popular films in history.

Early Work

The son of a small-town stationer and a mother who was often hospitalized for long periods for ill health, Lucas was an early reader of classic adventure stories such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, an avid collector of comic books, and a keen student of history. He became interested in filmmaking while in high school. He was also a car-racing fanatic as a teenager until a near-fatal crash at age 18 convinced him to give up the sport.

Lucas’s interest in moviemaking was encouraged by cinematographer Haskell Wexler. In 1966 Lucas received a bachelor’s degree from the film department of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. While there, future director John Milius, a classmate, introduced Lucas to the work of Japanese director Kurosawa Akira, who would be an important influence on Lucas’s work. Lucas made several highly acclaimed student films, including the futuristic parable Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB, which took first prize at the National Student Film Festival in 1965. He served a six-month internship in 1967 at Warner Brothers, where he assisted Francis Ford Coppola on Finian’s Rainbow(1968). He followed that experience by shooting a “making-of” documentary about Coppola’s The Rain People (1969). Lucas also shot a portion of the documentary Gimme Shelter (1970), about the violent Rolling Stones concert at the 1969 Altamont Festival, for Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin.

Warner Brothers–Seven Arts signed Lucas to direct a feature-length version of his prizewinning student film, with Coppola executive-producing and Robert Duvall and Maggie McOmie starring as the illicit lovers. A grim fantasy about a robotized, dehumanized society in the distant future, THX 1138 (1971) was released to respectful reviews, although its obvious debt to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-four and overly deliberate pace kept it from being embraced too enthusiastically by either critics or audiences. The film also was one of the first made through Coppola’s American Zoetrope studio, which would go on to create some of the most-memorable films of the 1970s and ’80s.

In 1971 Lucas formed the production company Lucasfilm Ltd., which eventually contained a number of divisions, including Industrial Light & Magic (ILM, established 1975), which was regarded as the most prestigious special-effects workshop in American film. His second film, American Graffiti (1973), a sympathetic recollection of adolescent American life in the early 1960s, was a surprise success at the box office and was redolent of his youth as a Modesto hot-rodding enthusiast. Shot in less than a month for well under a million dollars, American Graffiti became one of the top grossing films of the decade—and with its modest cast of newcomers (including Richard Dreyfuss, erstwhile child star Ron Howard, and Harrison Ford in a small role) may have been among the most profitable as well.

STAR WARS

The success of American Graffiti enabled Lucas to finance a project that had been dear to his heart for some time. Science fiction had traditionally been a poor box-office performer, with such rare exceptions as Planet of The Apes (1968) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) only proving the rule. However, with Star Wars (1977), which he also wrote, Lucas eschewed the high-tech dystopian allegory then current in science-fiction films in favour of space opera synthesized with vintage Hollywood swashbucklers and frontier adventures. A space fantasy set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” the film centres on Luke Skywalker (played by Mark Hamill), a young man who finds himself embroiled in an interplanetary war between an authoritarian empire and rebel forces. Skywalker, his mentor the wise Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Sir Alec Guinness), and the opportunistic smuggler Han Solo (Ford) are tasked with saving Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) from captivity on the Death Star, a massive space station commanded by the menacing Darth Vader, whose deep, mechanically augmented voice (contributed by James Earl Jones) became instantly iconic. At the core of the film and the series it initiated are the Jedi Knights—a group of either benevolent or malevolent warriors who harness and manipulate the Force, an all-pervasive spiritual essence that holds in balance the forces of good and evil—and Skywalker’s quest to join their ranks.

Star Wars, which borrowed heavily from the ideas of mythographer Joseph Campbell and from the story of Kurosawa’s Kakushi-toride no san-akunin(1958; The Hidden Fortress), was immediately popular and went on to become the top-grossing motion picture in history. It was the first of Lucas’s films to be made with a generous budget, which he extended by shooting on soundstages in England, then far less expensive than Hollywood. The film’s success spawned a host of other science-fiction films using the same special-effects technologies developed at ILM that Star Wars had used so effectively.

The Growth Of Lucasfilm Ltd.

With Star Wars in the theatres, Lucas quietly announced his intention to retire from directing and make Lucasfilm an incubator for films to be directed by others under his tutelage. He added, however, that he could envision returning to directing “about 20 years from now,” toward the end of the filming schedule for an ambitious series to be born from Star Wars. Lucas served as executive producer of the other two episodes in the Star Wars saga, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). He also created the popular character of the adventurous archeologist Indiana Jones, who was played by Ford in a series of films, beginning with Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981), directed by Steven Spielberg and with Lucas as executive producer. Working exclusively as a producer throughout the 1980s and most of the ’90s, Lucas had a few minor successes (Willow, 1988) and spectacular failures (Howard the Duck, 1986). He fulfilled a long-standing ambition by serving as executive producer on Kurosawa’s Kagemusha (1980).

Lucas created the television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–93), about the adventures of Jones as a child and teenager in the early 20th century. The series was not a ratings success, but it allowed Lucas and ILM to experiment with new techniques in special effects. In 1997 he added new computerized effects to the Star Wars films and reissued them to great box-office success, though critics were less enthusiastic. Those films generated interest for one of the most highly anticipated releases of the decade, Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999), the first installment in a prequel trilogy about the young Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker. For that film, which received mixed reviews but reaped enormous profits, Lucas returned to the director’s chair for the first time in more than 20 years, just as he had foreseen doing in 1977.

Lucas followed with Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith (2005), both of which he also directed, before returning to an executive production role on the fourth Indiana Jones film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), which Spielberg directed. Lucas created two animated television series, Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–13). He was then executive producer of Red Tails (2012), an action-packed account of the Tuskegee Airmen and his first film in nearly two decades that was not affiliated with either the Star Wars or Indiana Jones franchises.

Apart from the films he directed and produced, among them some of the most-profitable productions in Hollywood history, Lucas enjoyed as part of his legacy Lucasfilm’s network of properties, studios, and subsidiary companies. In 2012 the Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion and announced that it would make a third Star Wars trilogy. The first entry, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, was released in 2015.

Lucas was named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2015. Article by Michael Barson with Britanica Encylopedia. Arthur Liceaga Editor

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But let's start at the real beginning. Back in the 1960's Eldon took music lessons learning to play the organ. Like most kids he didn't practice much, and in music competitions participation ribbons where his prize. Then the British Invasion hit and after hearing The Dave Clark Five, he fell in love with Rock n' Roll and never looked back. He discovered the roots of the British Invasion which were Chicago Blues and 1950's Rock n' Roll and wanted to learn how to play like Otis Spann and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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Horace MonsterFrom 1971 through 1978 Horace Monster played across the United States and Canada as a featured act and as an opening act for Cheap Trick and 38 Special. Horace Monster was a hard working band performing in excess of 250 shows a year. The band was known for catchy original songs, dueling double neck guitars, and outrageous showmanship.

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Horace Monster was an almost grabbed the brass ring. Touring from 1971 through 1979 Horace Monster played across the US and Canada working hard to build a fan base. Performing 50% original material and 50% cover songs, Horace Monster was voted best rock act by the Chicago Reader in 1975. The band worked tirelessly on new songs in the hopes of landing a recording contract.

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